Improvement in reclining-chairs



J. LEMMAN.

RECLININ'G-CHAIR; No.1.73,974. .Patente d Feb. 22,1876.

JETERSv PHOTO-HTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE- JOHN LEMMAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECLINING-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,974, dated February22, 1876; application filed January 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN LEMMAN, of Gincinnati, Hamilton county andState of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Reclining- Chairs, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the class of chairs in which flat springs areintroduced between the seat and stand; and my invention consists inmaking the upper surface of the stand of a combination of straight andcurved surfaces, and attaching thereto straight flat position in whichit is at rest or occupied by a sitter, seated in an advanced position onthe seat. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same when swung back and hearingsuch a weight as would cause the springs to rest on the stand the entirelength. Fig. 3 is a perspective View, showing the way the springs areattachcd.

A is the seat, B B are the springs, and O the stand. The springs B, whenfastened to the stand, as shown, extend horizontally, as shown in Fig.3, and the chair-seat as it leans back is supported on these springselastically and retained by them in proper position on the curved waysof the stand. The springs are secured at their outer ends to the bottomof the seat, by screws or otherwise. The top Ways of the stand 0, onwhich the springs B rest, have a peculiar formation, which is unlike theordinary rocker-stand. It has from the point X to point Y a horizontalsurface, on which the sitter, when desiring anunyielding seat, maysolidly rest, and it has from point Y to point Z a curved surface, overwhich the sitter may, when leaning or sitting back, swing flexibly orelastically. This form of stand enables the convenient use of the chairat a table in writing or otherwise, and gives perfect freedom whendesiring to swing back.

I claim The combination of the seat, the flat springs,

and the stand, the upper surface of which has the partly-flat orhorizontal and partly-curved

